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| Penguins given 'happy pills' in soaking Britain |
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| Business Standard , Saturday, February 08, 2014 |
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After weeks of rain and wind in England, miserable penguins at a marine centre are being fed anti-depressants to cheer them up.
The 12 Humboldt penguins at the Sealife Centre in Scarborough, north ...More
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| What led to mammoth's extinction revealed |
| ANI |
| Business Standard , Friday, February 07, 2014 |
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Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have used new DNA technology to show that a drastic change in the dominant vegetation - from protein-rich herbs to less nutritious grass - could be behind ...More
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| Dip in honeybees population could hit food security: Study |
| P Sudhakaran |
| The Times of India , Friday, February 07, 2014 |
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KANNUR: A recent study showed that the state has witnessed a sharp decline in the number of honeybees and wild pollinators, which would adversely affect the crops and subsequently affect food security ...More
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| 2013 sixth hottest year, confirms long-term warming: UN |
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| Deccan Chronicle , Friday, February 07, 2014 |
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Geneva: Last year tied for the sixth hottest on record, confirming that Earth's climate system is in the grip of warming that will affect generations to come, the UN's weather agency said Wednesday.
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| Ancient farmers caused first global warming |
| IANS |
| Business Standard , Friday, February 07, 2014 |
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Ancient farmers were responsible for increasing the Earth's temperature by about 0.9 degree Celsius over a period of 8,000 years - almost as much as global warming has caused in the past 150 years.
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| Arctic winters shrink by a month |
| Kounteya Sinha |
| The Economic Times , Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
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LONDON: Arctic winters may have got shorter by a month. Arctic lakes have been found to be freezing up later in the year and thawing earlier, creating a winter ice season about 24 days shorter than it ...More
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| Govt to release Rs 13,000cr for Green India Mission |
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| The Times of India , Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
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CHENNAI: The Union cabinet will soon sanction 13,000 crore for the initial phase of the 10-year Green India Mission to increase forest cover and quality of forests in the country, said Union forest an ...More
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| Flying wild at Mansagar lake |
| Rachna Singh |
| The Times of India , Monday, February 03, 2014 |
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JAIPUR: In the times of climate change and global warming a new initiative to create awareness is gathering momentum among the young ones who would be the most affected by the actions of their parents ...More
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| Environment ministry sets up four new regional offices |
| Neha Sethi |
| Live Mint , Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
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New Delhi: The environment ministry is stepping up its monitoring at the state level with four new regional offices at Chennai, Dehradun, Nagpur and Ranchi to add to its existing five.
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| Manipal University gets greener in UI global ranking |
| Stanley Pinto, |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
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MANGALORE: Manipal University has improved its position in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University by eight places.
In the latest ranking released on January 17, Manipal Univer ...More
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| Gates Says Poor Countries Not Doomed to Stay Poor |
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| The New Indian Express , Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
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Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates pitched an optimistic future for the world's poor and sick in their annual letter Tuesday, arguing passionately against three myths they say hurt efforts to br ...More
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| Climate variations make children vulnerable |
| Ranjana Diggikar |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
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AURANGABAD: Manifestations of climate change, like diurnal temperature variation and cloudy skies, are adversely impacting children's health, say experts.
Climate variations make kids vulnerable to ...More
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